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Parkinson's Disease Research Summary
897 words, approx. 3 pages
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system, affecting individuals in adult life. It is a chronic condition that usually develops in people over the age of 50, and there are around 50 000 new cases each...
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Parkinson's Disease Summary
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The disease once known as "shaking palsy," recognized by physicians for hundreds of years, was first described in detail by the English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824) in 1817. As a result of his work, shaking palsy gradually became better known...
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Parkinson's Disease Summary
2,300 words, approx. 8 pages
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive disorder of the nervous system. A chronic disorder continues for long periods of time, usually many years. Parkinson's disease affects a person's muscular coordination. Symptoms...
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Parkinson's disease Information
8,390 words, approx. 28 pages
Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills and speech. Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement...


News and Journals
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Chicago Defender
Lonnie Ali discusses the challenges of Parkinson s Disease
07/11/2007: 639 words, approx. 2 pages
Although her husband, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali exhibits the characteristic signs of Parkinson's Disease - shuffling walk, slurred speech and severe tremors - his wife, Lonnie Ali, said she chooses to focus on his abilities and not his impairments. The...
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AP Features
Suit Claims Welding Fumes Caused Tremors
6/13/2006: 711 words, approx. 2 pages
In a closely watched case unfolding in federal court, a jury is being asked to take up an intriguing question that has confounded many medical researchers: Can welding fumes cause neurological diseases such as Parkinson's? The lawsuit was...
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AP Features
Rev. Billy Graham leaves hospital after 2-week stay for intestinal bleeding
8/31/2007: 372 words, approx. 1 pages
Prominent evangelist Billy Graham has been released from a North Carolina hospital nearly two weeks after he was admitted for intestinal bleeding, officials said.Doctors identified and treated the source of Graham's bleeding during a colonoscopy last week, said Merrill Gregory, a hospital spokeswoman."We have been...
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Nun a mystery in John Paul sainthood
3/27/2007: 668 words, approx. 2 pages
It's one of the Roman Catholic Church's closely guarded secrets: the identity of the French nun whose testimony of an inexplicable cure from Parkinson's disease is likely to be accepted as the miracle the Vatican needs to beatify Pope John Paul II.The nun, who says...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 98%
What is Parkinson's Disease?
3,254 words, approx. 11 pages
An investigative essay of what Parkinson's Disease is, how it effects the brain.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Parkinson's Disease
1,137 words, approx. 4 pages
This is an essay that contains the history, symptoms, causes and treatment of Parkinson's disease.


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